President Donald Trump is sending “America’s hearts and prayers” to people in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and says he will visit both places ravaged by Hurricane Maria next week.
He said a “massive” effort to help people recover from the... Read more

BILLINGS, Mont. - A utility company is asking Montana regulators to allow it to increase prices for natural gas for more than 84,000 customers in the state.
Montana-Dakota Utilities said Tuesday that the requested rate hike would increase a average... Read more

RIHCMOND, Va. (AP) - A state health actuary says health plan premiums are set to rise by an average of nearly 60 percent in Virginia's 2018 individual marketplace.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch quotes David Shea as telling lawmakers on Monday that the... Read more

A woman stands in the water as Hurricane Maria moves closer to North Carolina's Outer Banks on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. Thousands of visitors abandoned their vacation plans and left the area as the hurricane moved northward in the Atlantic, churning... Read more

NEW YORK (AP) - Embattled Equifax CEO Richard Smith stepped down Tuesday, less than three weeks after the credit reporting agency disclosed a disastrous hack to its computer system that exposed the sensitive personal information of 143 million... Read more

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump and Puerto Rico (all times local):
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The Trump administration is sending additional resources to Puerto Rico to step up the federal response to Hurricane Maria, including a flotilla of... Read more

COLUMBUS, Ind.: For 15 consecutive years, Toyota Forklifts has earned the title of the world's top forklift supplier. Peerless Media Network recently released its Annual Top 20 Lift Truck Suppliers list, which ranks forklift brands based on worldwide... Read more

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When it comes to competition in the US mobile market, federal regulators see four as the magic number. This fact alone could sink Sprint's rumored takeover bid for T-Mobile.
The Wall... Read more

SEATTLE: Avenue5 Residential, a multifamily property management services firm, announces that Lisa Ellis has been promoted to division president of the Northwest, effective immediately.
Ellis' enhanced role aligns with her steadily expanding... Read more

Jose Trinidad walks on what's left of his home in Montebello, Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. Five days after the Category 4 storm slammed into Puerto Rico, many of the more than 3.4 million U.S. citizens in... Read more

President Donald Trump is sending “America’s hearts and prayers” to people in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and says he will visit both places ravaged by Hurricane Maria next week.
He said a “massive” effort to help people recover from the... Read more

A poll of 2,200 American citizens by Morning Consult found that just 54 percent of those polled knew that people born in Puerto Rico are actually American citizens.
The finding, first reported by the New York Times, comes after Puerto Rico was... Read more

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday reaffirmed that he wanted the euro zone to have its own budget and finance minister, adding that it was key to ensure the stability of the single currency union and to weather economic shocks. Scarlett... Read more

President Donald Trump is sending “America’s hearts and prayers” to people in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and says he will visit both places ravaged by Hurricane Maria next week.
He said a “massive” effort to help people recover from the... Read more

Concessions at the Greater Vernon Athletic Park remained closed during the recent 55+ BC Games due to a lack of storage.
To compensate for the lack of space, the Regional District of North Okanagan approved an additional $15,000 in the 2017... Read more

Nike's new challenging era was reflected in flat revenue growth and a 24 percent decline in earnings per share in the company's fiscal first quarter.
Nike earned $950 million, or 57 cents a share, in the quarter on total revenue of $9.1 billion.... Read more

The postal service on Wednesday reported a quarterly loss of $562 million, despite growth in package delivery, due to continued erosion in the use of first-class mail as well as expensive mandates for its retiree health care obligations. It also... Read more

President Donald Trump is sending “America’s hearts and prayers” to people in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and says he will visit both places ravaged by Hurricane Maria next week.
He said a “massive” effort to help people recover from the... Read more

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes finished barely higher Tuesday after a late slump erased most of an early gain. Technology companies recovered some of the losses they took a day earlier, but energy companies and banks slipped.
Strong gains for... Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State police on Tuesday announced an official probe into "potential criminality" on the part of one of the co-owners of a multibillion-dollar nuclear construction project whose failure cost thousands of people their... Read more

President Donald Trump is sending “America’s hearts and prayers” to people in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and says he will visit both places ravaged by Hurricane Maria next week.
He said a “massive” effort to help people recover from the... Read more

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a EUR 15 million equity investment in the Mediterrania Capital Fund III (MC III) under the management of an experienced team of Mediterrania Capital Partners (MCP) with strong... Read more

African leaders, UN officials, and representatives of international finance institutions and of the private sector met on Thursday, September 21 at the United Nations Headquarters to reaffirm their commitment to a broad-based international... Read more

Secretary-General, Vincent Nmhielle, and Korean Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance, Hyoung-Kwon Ko, display signed MOU.
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Government of Korea have officially launched preparations for the Bank's... Read more

Implementation to be anchored on AfDB's Industrialize Africa Strategy
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday, September 21, 2017, joined partners from the African Union Commission, African governments, key United Nations agencies and... Read more

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Highlights opportunities to spur investment in centralized and decentralized energy access solutions
Estimates show an annual investment of US $45 billion is needed to meet universal electrification. But the latest data shows that finance... Read more

Here’s a surprise: Oil is back in bull market territory.
U.S. crude futures have increased 22% since June, a comeback that has pushed prices to around $52 a barrel.
It’s welcome news for OPEC, which has been trying to squeeze excess supply out of... Read more

NEW YORK (AP) - Embattled Equifax CEO Richard Smith stepped down Tuesday, less than three weeks after the credit reporting agency disclosed a disastrous hack to its computer system that exposed the sensitive personal information of 143 million... Read more